Flint: Treasure of Oblivion
December 17, 2024
Experience the golden age of piracy through a strong and original narrative, real-time exploration and turn-based tactical combat in Flint - Treasure of Oblivion.
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Critic Reviews (26)
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30.0
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35.0
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45.0
"With more development time, copious patches, and some decent tutorials, the good game hidden deep inside Flint: Treasure of Oblivion could be dug up and unearthed. But for now, that treasure remains hidden, with only a map inscribed on the …"
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85.0
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70.0
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65.0
"Its niche setting and multitude of combat options make Flint: Treasure of Oblivion best suited for methodical turn-based fans and pirate enthusiasts. This is a game you’ll either be frustrated by or fall in love at the helm of this …"
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85.0
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70.0
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85.0
"TTRPG fans will find themselves right at home with this challenging adventure. A complex gameplay set of rules to strictly follow laid next to an invigorating art style and wild pirate narrative, Flint: The Treasure of Oblivion is not easily …"
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85.0
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70.0
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85.0
"Whilst the narrative presentation and audio are solid, backed up by a suitably swashbuckling atmosphere, the awkward meld of cumbersome interface and too much being left to chance means that Flint: Treasure of Oblivion unfortunately never quite finds its sea …"
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58.0
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62.0
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70.0
"Flint Treasure of Oblivion is a game with ambitious ideas that are undermined by uneven execution. Its blend of tactical combat, exploration, and storytelling has the potential to shine, but the lack of depth, polish, and accessibility hold it back. …"
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70.0
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65.0
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85.0
"Embark upon the dice rolling seas in this tactical RPG pirate game."
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88.0
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35.0
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30.0
"Flint: Treasure of Oblivion is a mess of many good ideas, not given nearly enough time to breathe. While the visuals are fantastic -- especially the portraits and comic-book-style cutscenes -- they exist to serve a game that feels both …"
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20.0
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40.0
Story
90.0
"Flint: Treasure of Oblivion is a game that undoubtedly required way more time in the oven. While its engaging story, captivating presentation, and the charismatic pirate captain James Flint pull players into the adventure early on, the experience is marred …"
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65.0
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90.0
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70.0
"Flint: Treasure of Oblivion combines strategy role-playing gameplay with pen and paper elements - and it works! However, as a player you have to teach yourself a lot, the fights lack oomph and some aspects of the game are unfortunately …"
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62.0
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38.0
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71.0
"Flint Treasure of Oblivion is a SRPG lite that puts the story and characters at the front, but leaves much to be desired in the gameplay and quantity of content departments. If you really love pirates and strategy RPGs can …"
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20.0
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30.0
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25.0
"If you can tolerate the game seeming to actively want to test your patience, the story has its moments and may be worth experiencing, but that’s a pretty big if."
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30.0
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50.0
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50.0
"It’s tough to recommend Flint, though. While I did enjoy combat well enough, there was no real payoff for it. I didn’t care for why I’d win in battle or what that meant for the characters and the overall story. …"
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25.0
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25.0
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25.0
"Flint: Treasure of Oblivion is a title aimed at a very specific audience."
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65.0
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80.0
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85.0
"While Flint: Treasure of Oblivion had a few frustrating moments, I found the experience to be thoroughly enjoyable and a great pirate game, with an engaging story and a unique way of telling it."
Read original review"Flint Treasure of Oblivion is a pirate adventure with a successful atmosphere and tone, full of visual details that make it more authentic than many other privateer adaptations."
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30.0
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25.0
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10.0
"Flint: Treasure of Oblivion feels like an incomplete game with poor storytelling and little to do. At about 10 hours to complete it&s;s certainly not worth the $25 asking price. If you&s;re looking for real-time exploration and turn-based combat, look …"
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85.0
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40.0
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70.0
"A well-made SRPG with a full commitment to its piratical inspirations, even if it takes longer than it should to learn systems and control patterns."
Read original review"Flint: Treasure of Oblivion is a good-looking adventure with enough pilfering, parrots and peg-legs to pacify all the pirate purists."
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75.0
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65.0
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85.0
"A very pleasant and engaging adventure, Flint: Treasure of Oblivion reaches the goal without distorting the genre and not inventing anything particularly new in the scenario of tacticians with RPG elements. Shuffle the cards on the table by taking inspiration …"
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35.0
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30.0
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35.0
"Flint: Treasure of Oblivion is a nice looking game but full of problems. From a graphic and sound point of view, it is decidedly refined, but weighed down by many gaps, which make it slow, difficult to understand, uncomfortable to …"
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25.0
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30.0
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35.0
"The day after finishing the game, I couldn&s;t remember what it was even about. That should be the perfect summary of an RPG adventure called Flint: Treasure of Oblivion."
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60.0
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65.0
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70.0
"Flint: Treasure of Oblivion is a fun experience and should be great with a couple of updates and changes; the story is great, the level designs are pretty, and it’s worth giving a shot, if only for the story. Combat …"
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58.0
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72.0
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64.0
"Though the combat system works just fine, the UI, the story, and overall controls drag the game down significantly."
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45.0
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70.0
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55.0
"Flint: Treasure of Oblivion tells its pirate tale using very cool comic strips and offers eight to ten hours of tactical, turn-based battles fought with sabers, flintlock pistols and a bit of luck with the dice. Lacking tutorials, the absence …"
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68.0
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58.0
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72.0
"Flint: Treasure of Oblivion as I said is only 5 chapters so it is short, but was actually quite a decent albeit campy dive into the swashbuckling journey of Captain Flint."
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30.0
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40.0
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45.0
"Flint: Treasure of Oblivion has an interesting concept by exploring Captain Flint from the Treasure Island novel. But the execution here makes it hard to recommend; ranging from minor issues and frame drops to confusing game elements and a lot …"
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